I have 2 different websites on 2 different servers and domains. (just in case you wonder, both have seperatly paid licences! )


Is there anyway to make it possible to search both their databases from each site or one of the sites?

Could I have a search with a dropdown menu / select menu with 2 options.

Option 1 - Search the server and domain the visitor is currently on.
Option 2 - Search the other / remote server and domain which the visitor is NOT on.

Is there anyway for a form or select box to specify what URL / search location or database to use?

Thanks

Depends on how you want to do it really. I would write an intermeritory script, say;

http://www.mysite.com/search.cgi?type=foo&query=test

Inside that script, I would put a few 'if' statements, which would then check to see what the user wants to search for. It would then redirect them accordingly, i.e;

http://www.myothersite.com/cgi-bin/links/search.cgi?query=test
or
http://www.myothertestsite.com/cgi-bin/clipart/search.cgi?query=test
or
http://www.foobarcom.com/cgi-bin/links/search.cgi?query=test

So, in short... point your search forms to a TOTALLY SEPERATE search.cgi (custom) script, which would then redirect accordingly (or show the appropriate HTML) to the correct search.cgi script

Hope that makes sense :)

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

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